Cerebrex

iTrader: (20)

So I was diagnosing a leak somewhere in my vaccuum system and noticed that the EGR was emitting some air sound. I was unscrewing it for about a minute and I realized it felt like it was cross-threaded. So as I ratcheted away, I took a flathead and pryed up on the bolt ever so slightly so it would come out. Well, it came out, but so did the little metal piece that sits in the intake that it actually threads into... so now I just have a hole in my intake with no threads... what to do I ask?

Full-Force

iTrader: (11)

I would fill that hole full of JB Weld and let it sit for a day or 2 and then drill it and tap it with whatever size that bolt is.

Dustin 98TA

JB weld the little metal piece back in the hole, let it dry and put it back together.
Or buy a LS6 intake, and scrap the EGR.

Viper

iTrader: (6)

"JB weld the little metal piece back in the hole, let it dry and put it back together."

I did this in 2001 and it held for 2 years. Then I went LS6 intake.

Full-Force

iTrader: (11)

I may have misunderstood what happened. If the insert is still good then yes, jb weld it back in.

Cerebrex

iTrader: (20)

That's what I figured, but I just wanted to make sure I was on the same page as everyone else.

LS1MONSTER

iTrader: (1)

Almost the exact same thing happened to me.. but I was just making the bolt snug and I went a lil further and next I know it just kept spining The lil copper insert strips easy from the plastic housing!!! I filled it with Honda Bond and let it sit overnight and stuck it back in and all is good now.